[LANG-621] ReflectionToStringBuilder.toString does not debug 3rd party object fields within 3rd party object

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.5
• Fix Version/s: 3.3
• Component/s: lang.builder.*
• Labels: patch reflection
• Assignee: Bruno P. Kinoshita
• Reporter: Philip Hodges
• Created: 03/May/10 17:34
• Updated: 04/Mar/14 17:19
• Resolved: 17/Feb/14 15:48

Description

Reflect.java

import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.ReflectionToStringBuilder;

public class Reflect {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // "You can also use the builder to debug 3rd party objects:"
        // System.out.println("An object: " + ReflectionToStringBuilder.toString(anObject));

        // expected: Reflect$Compound@a83b8a[instanceInt=67890,fixture=Reflect$Simple@1d1acd3[instanceInt=12345]]
        // actual: Reflect$Compound@a83b8a[instanceInt=67890,fixture=Reflect$Simple@1d1acd3]
        System.out.println(ReflectionToStringBuilder.toString(new Compound()));
    }

    static class Compound {
        private int instanceInt = 67890;
        private Simple fixture = new Simple();
    }

    static class Simple {
        private int instanceInt = 12345;
    }

}